​Meet the Officers 

Officer Duties and Responsibilities

President

• Official representative of POPS
• Preside over club meetings and activities
• Attend Health Professional Council (HPC) meetings
• Initiate committees as the need arises, with the consent of club
• Reserve rooms and plan for general meetings and officer meetings
• Invite guest speakers
• Organize tours/field trips/major events.
• Help keep officers on task and also help them as needed
• Keep organization’s documents and other misc. papers together; pass on to President-elect
• Check POPS mailbox regularly

External Vice President

• Assume Presidential duties if President is absent from meetings/activities
• Assist President in managing and coordinating meetings, events, and activities
• Attend other functions in the President’s absence and take minutes
• Write "Thank You" cards to all of our guest speakers and occasionally buy gifts of gratitude for selected speakers
• Carry out other duties as assigned by President
• Create and post flyers for upcoming meetings
• Attend Natural Science Council (NSC) meetings

Internal Vice President

• Oversee OptoFamily and Big Sib/Lil Sib Program
• Design and order T-shirts
• Create donation letter to send to local optometrists

Secretary

• Create and update website
• Take minutes of every meeting including notes from speaker’s presentation
• Inform members of meetings and activities
• Take attendance at all meetings and events
• Pass out and compile the info sheets on all members
• Keep track of points
• Make the newsletters for each meeting; pass out to members
• Collect extra brochures/documents from speakers and keep locker organized
• Update and manage website regularly with announcements, member points, pictures, and meeting minutes/notes
• Send job openings to listserv and post on website

Treasurer

• Collect dues and keep record of payments
• Deposit money into bank
• Reimburse members for meeting supplies, t-shirts, etc.
• Set budgets during the year including meetings, socials, etc.
• Organize fundraisers
• Keep records of all transactions with bank

Volunteer Coordinator

• Inform and remind members about new volunteer opportunities at the beginning of each semester (i.e. Prevent Blindness or TSBVI)
• Help promote volunteer events related to the health care professio
• Compile a list of doctors that are willing to let students shadow them
• Be aware of possible volunteer opportunities throughout the semester
• Communicate periodically with Prevent Blindness President and announce upcoming screening events

Social Chair

• Plan, manage, and oversee socials during the year, scheduling at least one per month
• Coordinate intramural sports
• Plan end-of-year banquet

Historian

• Maintain, decorate, and update the bulletin board in Welch
• Take pictures at meetings and events; send pictures to Webmaster
• Banner design for UH Spring Conference
• Organize scrapbook with help from members
• Create banquet slideshow at the end of the year